CASULANA, Maddalena
Name: CASULANA, Maddalena (c. 1544 – c. 1590)
Musical genre: Choral Music
Country of birth: Italy
Notes: "I want to show the world, as much as I can in this profession of music,
the vain error of men that they alone possess the gifts of intellect and artistry,
and that such gifts are never given to women."
Maddalena Casulana
Italian composer, lutenist and singer of the late Renaissance. She is the first female composer to have had a whole book of her music printed and published in the history of western music.
the vain error of men that they alone possess the gifts of intellect and artistry,
and that such gifts are never given to women."
Maddalena Casulana
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